Strategy 1 Women’s Economic Empowerment

Women’s Economic Empowerment is a priority to achieve gender equality and women’s rights, which are also enshrined in the Pentagonal Strategy-Phase I and in the sectoral policy and program frameworks. The key approach to strengthening women’s economic empowerment is to

support and put in place measures to ensure equal rights and equal access to education and skills, employment and occupations and entrepreneurship.

Women’s economic empowerment aims not only to support women and girls to fully access and exercise their rights, choices and potentials, but also forms an important part in promoting economic growth and sustainable and inclusive social development. Therefore, women’s economic empowerment has to take place in parallel with national economic framework and the evolution of society, and needs to be deeply analyzed and explores opportunities arising from the gender gap and women’s empowerment in these contexts.

At the same time, MoWA will continue to lead and coordinate relevant ministries, institutions and partners, including the private sector, in strengthening women’s economic empowerment, including promoting women’s family economy, developing entrepreneurship, and addressing gender gaps to capture skills and occupations, and promoting welfare programs.

In this context, Neary Rattanak VI focuses on the following key priorities and measures:

Expand the supportive and inclusive environment to enhance women’s economic empowerment.

Women’s Entrepreneurial Development and support for women who lead and manage micro, small and medium businesses with innovation, creativeness and inclusion.

Expand the environment for women by addressing gender gaps in skills and occupations, and developing ancestral and other professional skills for women in line with market needs and evolution of society.

Promote a care economy, life-family-work balance program and a workplace-friendly environment for women in economic activity.

Promote the family economy of women in the community through access to digital technology, business development and financial inclusion.